Limewire file question

Many files are 851.7KB and remember being told there could be problems
when downloading these files. Can anyone comfirm this. Many thanks...

Re: Limewire file question

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> Many files are 851.7KB and remember being told there could be problems
> when downloading these files. Can anyone comfirm this. Many thanks...

DON'T TOUCH THEM!! The database was infiltrated and all of these 851.7kb
files are viruses!!

They are not in the music/mp3 files, but in the programs and perhaps others.
I read about this on one of the mp3 news groups and checked Limewire out on
a friend's computer and there were a ton of these!!

If you stick to the mp3 files, you should not have a problem. It boggles me
that Limewire apparently has done nothing about this, but I have no idea
when it started.....well before Xmas IIRC.

WinMX has had its problems thanks to the US Gov't threats, and is rather
crippled. Kazaa is full of spyware. Don't know much about eMule. I have
heard that Ares is a good P2P proggie....but I don't download music anymore
so haven't tried it.

Heather
>

Re: Limewire file question

db48060@earthlink.net wrote:
> Many files are 851.7KB and remember being told there could be problems
> when downloading these files. Can anyone comfirm this. Many thanks...

I can confirm this isn't a limewire forum. Your problem per say has
nothing to do with malware that I know of. Aside from the malware
you'll no doubt run into using limewire. Not to mention the possibility
of mpaa/riaa based lawsuits...

Why don't you do the smart thing, uninstall that garbage and save
yourself a headache? It wouldn't hurt if you learned to read before
posting either, This is alt.comp.virus, not
help.my.lame.ass.use.limewire.because.i'm.a.moron.

Thanks!

Dustin Cook
http://bughunter.atspace.org

Re: Limewire file question

Heather wrote:
> wrote in message
> news:1136832387.817211.76920@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > Many files are 851.7KB and remember being told there could be problems
> > when downloading these files. Can anyone comfirm this. Many thanks...
>
> DON'T TOUCH THEM!! The database was infiltrated and all of these 851.7kb
> files are viruses!!

Actual viruses, or worms?

> If you stick to the mp3 files, you should not have a problem. It boggles me
> that Limewire apparently has done nothing about this, but I have no idea
> when it started.....well before Xmas IIRC.

Aside from the riaa, no problems. :)

> WinMX has had its problems thanks to the US Gov't threats, and is rather
> crippled. Kazaa is full of spyware. Don't know much about eMule. I have
> heard that Ares is a good P2P proggie....but I don't download music anymore
> so haven't tried it.

Why would you want to subject your ears to that low quality junk? Try
this instead:

www.utorrent.com
then google for peerguardian2, install it, update it
then goto www.mininova.org and begin leeching. Might I suggest hhi as a
search parameter? I think you will be pleased with the offerings. Full
length albums, no fuss, no mess... No bogus files either. :)

Re: Limewire file question

From:

| Many files are 851.7KB and remember being told there could be problems
| when downloading these files. Can anyone comfirm this. Many thanks...


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *




--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Re: Limewire file question

db48060@earthlink.net writes:

> Many files are 851.7KB and remember being told there could be problems
> when downloading these files. Can anyone comfirm this. Many
> thanks...

Limewire itself is a problem upon installation, iirc.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Re: Limewire file question

> Why don't you do the smart thing, uninstall that garbage and save
> yourself a headache? It wouldn't hurt if you learned to read before
> posting either, This is alt.comp.virus, not
> help.my.lame.ass.use.limewire.because.i'm.a.moron.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dustin Cook
> http://bughunter.atspace.org

HaHa Dustbin, thanks so much for that, I needed that...

I mentioned problems, maybe I was being too polite,
.....I ment friggin virus's... thats why I posted alt.comp.virus
as I knew you guys would be able to help.

Back to the kichen for you Mr Cook.

On my way for reading lessons,

Thanks anyway. ;)

Re: Limewire file question

Thanks David, I have seen your post before recomending that program
and I found it very helpful.
And thanks to everyone for their posts, just un-installed limewire....

Re: Limewire file question

Dustin Cook wrote:
> Heather wrote:
[snip]
>>DON'T TOUCH THEM!! The database was infiltrated and all of these 851.7kb
>>files are viruses!!
>
> Actual viruses, or worms?

worms are viruses... at least in the comp.sci. sense...

>>If you stick to the mp3 files, you should not have a problem. It boggles me
>>that Limewire apparently has done nothing about this, but I have no idea
>>when it started.....well before Xmas IIRC.
>
> Aside from the riaa, no problems. :)

heather's from canada, we don't have problems with the riaa up here...
sometimes it's difficult to remember that not everyone is so blessed...

>>WinMX has had its problems thanks to the US Gov't threats, and is rather
>>crippled. Kazaa is full of spyware. Don't know much about eMule. I have
>>heard that Ares is a good P2P proggie....but I don't download music anymore
>>so haven't tried it.
>
> Why would you want to subject your ears to that low quality junk? Try
> this instead:
>
> www.utorrent.com

keep meaning to try it... i suspect, however, that should i ever finally
manage to make the switch back to linux i won't be able to use
microtorrent (or most of the others available)...

> then google for peerguardian2, install it, update it
> then goto www.mininova.org and begin leeching.

mininova is good if you like to wait and see what people make available
(especially with the rss feed)... if you want to search, i'd suggest
isohunt...

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"

Re: Limewire file question

> HaHa Dustbin, thanks so much for that, I needed that...

Dustbin... hehe... your welcome. :) Glad to be of service to you.

> I mentioned problems, maybe I was being too polite,
> ....I ment friggin virus's... thats why I posted alt.comp.virus
> as I knew you guys would be able to help.

fucking viruses, sounds better... fucking! :)

> Back to the kichen for you Mr Cook.

That's the thing, I can't even cook a hotdog. ;p

> On my way for reading lessons,

Bravo!

> Thanks anyway. ;)

Glad to hear it.

Regards,
Dustin Cook
http://bughunter.atspace.org

Re: Limewire file question

db48060@earthlink.net wrote:
> Thanks David, I have seen your post before recomending that program
> and I found it very helpful.
> And thanks to everyone for their posts, just un-installed limewire....

You'd be alot happier with torrents anyway... :)

Regards,
Dustin Cook
http://bughunter.atspace.org